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Update: baked bread on a $12 terracotta tile from the garden center and the crust came out better than my $60 stone
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karen_wright4024d ago
My mom's old pizza stone cracked last winter and I grabbed a plain unglazed tile from Lowe's for about $4 to get through the holidays. What made the real difference for me was flipping the oven rack upside down so the tile sits right on the metal, no gaps, and letting it heat a full 45 minutes past the preheat beep. The tile holds heat like crazy once it's fully soaked and my loaves stopped coming out pale on the bottom. I also stopped opening the oven to peek for the first 20 minutes, which kept the steam in and gave me a way better crust. Cheap tile honestly beat every fancy stone I've owned, and when it finally cracks I just drive down the road and buy another one. You are 100 percent right that price has nothing to do with how good the bake turns out.
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